The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-10

Presented to Governor Oglesby
Yesterday atrsprlnglleld.
Tho Terrible Suspense not yet Re.
licred,
But tho Result will Probably be
Known To-day.
The Insanity Dodge Attempted il
Lingg's Case.

srRlSoFrELD, ILL, Nov. 0.-A large
crowd G!col on tho platform at the depot
this morning waiting to see the Chicsso
delegation which had c,ne to intercede
with Governor Oslesby in behalf OF the
condemned Anarchists.
o. the arrival Of the train tho delega.
tion at once proceeded to the headquar.
tsrs Of the Labor delegation.
Tho Chicsgo Amnesty Association ia
represented by Mcssld. l.. 8. Oliver, E. A.
Stevens md ]. R. Buchanan, OF the Labor
Enquirer. These gentlemen hsvo set oil
petitions Of their own, and presented
them to the Governor a. their interview
this morning. Proi. William Halter and
D. J. Lloyd have eet Of petitions which
they will lay before Governor Oglssby
after the frat interview is finished. q
Capt. Black has sole charge OF the main
pstltiona, and OF these there Gro go many
that it required separate trunk to con.
vsy them here. Mr.. Buchanan, who
made an estimate Of oil the petitions cent
in from all parts OF tho country, says that
there are eleven miles Of names begging
;o7 clemency. ..,5 = -
The delegation Of labor people from
New York canBissa OF J. E. Quinn, Samuel
GempsYs, L. J. Ferrell and Edward King,
It's claimed that they alone hsvo petit
ton with 100. 600 names attached.
The feeling smonR the labor people
who have come here is that there is no ar.
gunent before tho Governor on the legal
questions in the case. Tho two ieatures
now to be presented sre the questions OF
mercy and public policy. ss5 ss5555
On account OF tho rain and bad weather,
tho delegation which was to stast for tha
State House ats O'clock was delayed until
little after that hour.
IN THE GOVERNORS PRESENCE. +.
When Captain Black and General Trum.
bull s!rived at the State Capitol they were
informed that Governor Osleaby had not
yet arrived. On account CT this hall
hours delay followed. The doors OF the
| reception rooms were thro III open at hslI
past nine o'clock, and the different com.
mitLees fled in. There were nearly d
hundred present when they were all as.
semblsd. Captain Black Wal presented to
| the Governor at once, tue latter greeting
the lawyer with his extoaded hand, a!tsI
which he turned to Bmall table at one
aide of the room. A few minutes later all
Was as still as death, and Captain Black
advancing 70 ths cornsr OF tho table aL
which Mr.. OsleEby sat, began to road bis
sddresn. The relatives of the condemned
sat. in semi.circlo to the left of the
speaker. Captain Black first began by
reading the general petition which had
boon ni4ned by the men thcmselyes.
The Anarchists lawyer advanced but q
little way when he came to the passage
which csid that never before the day Of
the Haymarkst riot had e eingle meeting
Of the Anarchists been interrupted BY the
police. at this point Governor Oglesby
interrupted and asked If be was to under.
stand that statement as the truth, es,
SIR" responded the lawyer in his solemn
tones, "snd Furthermore that every meet.
inc was attended by Mayor Harrison him.
self, who remained until within twenty
minutes ofths riot" "Procssd," said the
Governor. Captain Black took twenty
minutes to read the petition, and when he
closed, hessid: "This has bsen signed by
Michael Hchwab, Samuel Fielden and Au.
gust Spies. The reason that the accused,
Parsons, Fiacher, Engel and Lingg did not
append their names to this paper wss be.
ciuse,, they claimed that they had for.
wsrded to your Exelisncy their auto.
graph letters aud did not think it neces.
sary to sign this" The petition recltsl
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